Hawking says Trump's climate stance could damage Earth

Stephen Hawking warns over Donald Trump's climate policy in a BBC interview marking his 75th birthday.Prof Hawking said the action could put Earth onto a path that turns it into a hothouse planet like Venus.

Stephen Hawking blasted President Trump 's recent decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate change agreement in a new interview, saying it " could push Earth over the brink ." Hawking told BBC News that Trump withdrawing the U.S

Stephen Hawking blasted President Trump 's recent decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate change agreement in a new interview, saying it " could push Earth over the brink ." Hawking told BBC News that Trump withdrawing the U.S

Stephen Hawking blasted President Trump's recent decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate change agreement in a new interview, saying it "could push Earth over the brink."

Pay 0% Interest Until August 2018 With This Card

See The Card

Sponsored by NextAdvisor

Hawking told BBC News that Trump withdrawing the U.S. from the agreement would lead to disastrous consequences worldwide.

"We are close to the tipping point where global warming becomes irreversible," Hawking told BBC News. "Trump's action could push the Earth over the brink, to become like Venus, with a temperature of 250 degrees, and raining sulphuric acid."

Poll: Voters want US to seek new climate pact to replace Paris

More than two thirds of American voters want the United States to renegotiate for a new international climate change pact to replace the Paris agreement. In a new survey Monday from the Harvard-Harris Poll provided to The Hill found that 72 percent of voters would prefer renegotiating over opting out of the climate pact process altogether.President Trump, a climate change skeptic, announced this month that he would withdraw the U.S. from the 2015 pact with nonbinding carbon dioxide emissions reductions, but he said he would be open to negotiating a new international agreement that better protects U.S. interests.

Stephen Hawking has said that Donald Trump ’s decision to pull out of the Paris climate accord could ‘ push earth over the brink ’. The US president withdrew from the agreement in June saying it was detrimental to American workers.

Stephen Hawking blasted President Trump ’s recent decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate change agreement in a new interview, saying it “ could push Earth over the brink .”

Hawking said that climate change is among the greatest dangers facing Earth. The world-renowned physicist also said that quick action could prevent some of the worst effects of climate change, but Trump withdrawing from the agreement would cause "avoidable damage to our beautiful planet."

"By denying the evidence for climate change, and pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement, Donald Trump will cause avoidable environmental damage to our beautiful planet, endangering the natural world, for us and our children," Hawking said.

Trump announced he would be withdrawing the United States from the Paris climate change agreement at the beginning of June, calling it "unfair."

"The bottom line is that the Paris accord is very unfair at the highest level to the United States," Trump said at the time.

Trump's decision was met with widespread criticism. After his announcement, a dozen states and hundreds of cities announced they would uphold the tenants of the climate deal.

U.S. Cities, States and Businesses Pledge to Measure Emissions .
<p>A coalition of American states, cities and businesses that have pledged to stick with the Paris climate pact will team up with experts to quantify their climate commitments and share their plans with the United Nations, vowing to act in spite of the Trump administration’s exit from the accord.</p>A coalition of American states, cities and businesses that have pledged to stick with the Paris climate pact will team up with experts to quantify their climate commitments and share their plans with the United Nations, vowing to act in spite of the Trump administration’s exit from the accord.

— Share news in the SOC. Networks

Topical videos:

Hawking says Trump's climate stance could damage Earth

Stephen Hawking says that US President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement could lead to irreversible climate change.

Similar from the Web

Stephen Hawking blasted President Trump 's recent decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate change agreement in a new interview, saying it " could push Earth over the brink ." Hawking told BBC News that Trump withdrawing the U.S

Stephen Hawking blasted President Trump 's recent decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate change agreement in a new interview, saying it " could push Earth over the brink ." Hawking told BBC News that Trump withdrawing the U.S

Stephen Hawking has said that Donald Trump ’s decision to pull out of the Paris climate accord could ‘ push earth over the brink ’. The US president withdrew from the agreement in June saying it was detrimental to American workers.

Trump pulling out of Paris climate agreement " could push Earth over the brink " http Stephen Hawking , of all people, should understand the power of nature over human existence. His decision on the Paris Accord is unconscionable. Also tells the world that USA doesn't keep its word.

" Trump 's action could push the Earth over the brink , to become like Venus, with a temperature of two "By denying the evidence for climate change, and pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement , Donald Trump will cause You can read the full interview with Stephen Hawking over at BBC News.

" Trump 's action could push the Earth over the brink , to become like Venus, with a temperature of two hundred and fifty degrees, and raining sulfuric acid. "Climate change is one of the great dangers we face, and it's one we can prevent if we act now.

“We are close to the tipping point where global warming becomes irreversible,” Hawking told the BBC in an interview to mark his 75th birthday. “ Trump 's action could push the Earth over the brink , to become like Venus, with a temperature of two hundred and fifty degrees, and raining sulphuric acid.”

Chipmaker Xilinx is betting its new Everest design will accelerate today's computing chores -- and appeal to programmers, not just hardware nerds.You've heard of Intel, Apple and Samsung, some of the biggest chipmakers around. But you probably don't know Xilinx unless you're building […]

Sunday-night chaos broke out on the world's most popular trivia app as players suspected the finalists in a $25,000 winner-takes-all game weren't playing fair.HQ, the popular trivia app, was testing out a new royale-style format: Instead of the traditional 12 questions, where the […]

Facebook is reportedly planning to launch its Oculus Go standalone virtual reality (VR) headset at the company’s F8 developer conference this year. Variety reports that the VR headset is likely to make its debut at F8 in May, alongside Facebook’s promise of “the biggest AR / VR news from […]

App tapped into "worst tendencies" and "inner demons" to reach users' friends group and scrape their dataThe firm, which was suspended by Facebook over the weekend after Facebook alleged it lied about deleting illicit data, leaned on a third-party firm to create […]

Our first known interstellar visitor likely came from a two-star system.&nbsp;That's the latest from astronomers who were amazed by the mysterious cigar-shaped object, detected as it passed through our inner solar system last […]

Sea of Thieves and Detective Pikachu are just the tip of the iceberg It’s one of those rare and unexpected moments in the year when it feels like it’s raining great video games. This week promises no fewer than seven solid games, all of which feel like must-play titles. Whether you’re a […]

Sea of Thieves and Detective Pikachu are just the tip of the iceberg It’s one of those rare and unexpected moments in the year when it feels like it’s raining great video games. This week promises no fewer than seven solid games, all of which feel like must-play titles. Whether you’re a […]

Epic Games There’s a lot of sighing happening YouTube’s most notorious creator, Logan Paul, is jumping on the Fortnite bandwagon and Twitch’s biggest streamers aren’t holding back with their thoughts.&nbsp;YouTube’s most notorious creator, Logan Paul, is jumping on the Fortnite […]